"Bageya Road, it must be a small force of the Eighth Route Army, once again attacking our port, wanting to destroy the large amount of military supplies that our army has hoarded in the port. Order the fleet to return to reinforcements immediately, this time, I must destroy all these hateful Eighth Route Army sneak attack troops, Eight Grid Tooth Road... All the ships of the fleet immediately returned to support the port. Commander Nakasa, put down the binoculars in his hand and ordered with a serious face.

"Hey, Your Excellency Commander, I'll give the order to return at once...", and then a whistle sounded on the sea. Several patrol gunboats, which had received orders, immediately converged next to the warship. Following the huge warship, it slowly began to turn, and quickly reinforced, a few kilometers away, the port that had been caught in a sea of fire... In about ten minutes, a warship with a displacement of more than 2,000 tons and four gunboats came to a stop less than 500 meters from the port berth. As the commander of the entire fleet, Commander Nakasa also rushed out of the command room at the first time, came to the highest point of the warship, raised the telescope in his hand, and began to observe the situation at the dock.

"Baga, the cunning sneak attacker of the Eighth Route Army, since we have destroyed all a dozen gunboats, this is simply a shame for us, I must break them all into pieces, Ba Ge Yalu..." Commander Nakasa clenched his fists again, his eyes were fixed on the burning gunboat, almost spewing fire, and he scolded the adjutant beside him..."Your Excellency Commander, although the gunboat was destroyed by the sneak attack of the Eighth Route Army. However, fierce fighting is still going on in the port. As far as the current situation is concerned, all the commanding heights of the port have been occupied by our enemies, and there are a large number of enemies besieging our barracks... All the troops of the enemy and our armies are engaged in a fierce exchange of fire around our barracks..."Listening to the sound of gunfire like popping beans, I looked at the bright harbor a few hundred meters away, which was illuminated by the raging fire. The adjutant standing next to Commander Nakasa, holding up the binoculars, replied with a frown.

"Yaga, cunning Eighth Route Army sneak attackers, how they evaded our patrols, how they got to the docks. After driving away the enemy in the port, I must break the army commander on duty tonight into pieces. Eight grid tooth road? Commander Nakasa continued to scold.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander. Now the port is in the midst of fierce fighting. The Imperial soldiers in the barracks basically did not have any heavy weapons, and it was only a matter of time before they were broken by the enemy. So, Your Excellency Commander, I suggest that we immediately open artillery on the Eighth Route Army, reinforce the Imperial warriors in the harbor, and resolutely repel the enemy's attack....", the adjutant suggested in a whisper.

"Baga, absolutely not, absolutely can't fire. Don't you know that our army has hoarded hundreds of thousands of tons of various strategic materials in the port. Now it is dark again, and it is impossible to see the specific targets of the shelling. If a single shell misses, it may cause dozens of tons of strategic materials in the port to be turned into ashes in an instant. Therefore, we must wait until after dawn to be able to provide accurate fire support to the Imperial troops in the port..."The commander did not put down the binoculars in his hand, and without thinking about it, he resolutely denied it..."Hi, Your Excellency the Commander is wise, but he is not considerate of his humble duties. It's just that, Your Excellency Commander, there are only about five hundred Imperial troops in the entire port, and there are almost half of the troops, which are naval personnel who do not have much combat effectiveness. I don't know if they can hold out until dawn under the fierce attack of the Eighth Route Army..."Although the adjutant agreed with the answer of the commander next to him. However, when he heard the fierce gunfire coming from not far away, he still replied with a worried face.

"Yo Xi, don't worry. Although, we are not able to provide fire support to the port. However, I believe that the city of Tianjin, which is less than two kilometers from the port, must have sent a large number of reinforcements after hearing the explosion at the port. If nothing else, these reinforcements are now rushing to the port. Yours, immediately send a report to the Supreme Commander of Tianjin City, ask them how long it has been since the troops to reinforce the port have been dispatching, and immediately go and send a report..."The commander smiled and said with an affirmative expression.

"Hey, Your Excellency Commander, I'll send a report right away..."After saying that, the adjutant opened the highest point of the warship and ran towards the command room not far away... And at this moment. The little devils stationed in Tianjin City, when the first explosion sounded in the port. The entire city, in the shortest possible time, entered a state of martial law. Even the supreme commander of the Yue Army, stationed in Tianjin, immediately boarded the city, held a telescope, and began to carefully observe the bright port of Tianjin, which was already illuminated by a sea of fire two kilometers away.

"Baga, the port must have been attacked by the Shina people. The port has hoarded hundreds of thousands of tons of various strategic materials, and it must not suffer any losses. Now I order that the 1st and 2nd Squadrons of the Garrison Brigade be assembled immediately, under the command of the Captain of the Garrison Brigade, to immediately reinforce the port, eliminate all the troops of the Eighth Route Army who participated in the sneak attack, and now start to act immediately...."Looking at the burning port, the face of the Supreme Commander of the Tianjin Army immediately turned pale. Then, facing the adjutant beside him, he ordered with an eager face... Because he knows that hundreds of thousands of tons of various strategic materials are hoarded in the port. If he is attacked by the Eighth Route Army and suffers even a little loss, then as the supreme commander of Tianjin, he will also be questioned by his superiors. When the time comes, you don't have to guess what the result will be, you will know that you must personally apologize to His Majesty the Emperor... After all, hundreds of thousands of tons of strategic materials are very important for all kinds of resource-poor empires ....

"Hey, Your Excellency Commander, I'll go and deliver the order at once, the first squadron, the second squadron will go out of the city at once, reinforce the port, and destroy all the sneak attackers..."The adjutant replied loudly, turned around and rushed down the city wall....In less than a minute, the little devils of almost five hundred people were assembled. Under the personal leadership of a Shaozuo captain, he quickly rushed out of the city gate, and two kilometers away, he had fallen into a sea of fire, and ran over to the port where dense gunfire was being heard... However, just when the reinforcements of the Yue army were out of the city, on the road from Tianjin City to the port, the first and second main battalions of the first regiment of the guard brigade, nearly 1,000 soldiers, under the personal command of the regiment commander Huang Zhengqing, arranged a little devil who could fit two infantry squadrons, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Yue army.

The remaining infantry battalion of the 1st Guard Regiment and the 200-odd members of the 2nd Squadron of the Special Operations Brigade were very concealed and lurking less than 200 meters from the city gate, quietly waiting for the best opportunity to sneak attack the county seat..." In addition, the reinforcements did not carry any heavy weapons. Our two main battalions are fully capable of destroying all the little devils and ending the battle within an hour..."The commander of a battalion quietly came to the side of the regiment commander and reported in a low voice..."Well, who said that I want to annihilate these little devils... Order the troops, after the battle begins, don't block the retreat of the little devils. The key to this ambush battle is to defeat the little devils. After inflicting a lot of damage on these little devils, let them go back to the city! Glancing at the confident face of the battalion commander in front of him, Huang Zhengqing said affirmatively.

"Ah, regimental commander, I heard you right, let the remnants of the little devil go back to the city. Our troops are more than twice that of the little devils, and the firepower is much stronger than theirs, why don't we wipe them all out, let him go back to the city, doesn't it increase the strength of the troops defending the city, and raise tigers for trouble? Just when the first battalion commander's face showed a look of incomprehension, the second battalion commander also looked incredulous, and asked the regiment commander in front of him in disbelief.

"Battalion Commander Wang, Battalion Commander Zhang, you have forgotten the task of our guard regiment. Our task is to take and occupy the city of Tianjin in the shortest possible time. However, at this moment, the entire city of Tianjin is under martial law, and even our special operations brigade has no way to quietly take the city gate. Even if we annihilate these 500 little devils, what will it do to us to take the city gates? Huang Zhengqing asked rhetorically, a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth....

"Commander, you mean, we will find a way to follow behind the rout. When the army entered the city, they entered the city gates. Then, quickly occupy the entire city gate and cover the main force to rush into Tianjin City..."The commander of the first battalion immediately reacted.

"Yes, that's what it means. This is the only way for us to enter Tianjin City at the earliest possible time when the army is under martial law... Therefore, when the time comes, we must not block the retreat of the little devils. After inflicting a lot of damage on these little devils, force them to break through and retreat..."Huang Zhengqing nodded and said.

"Yes, Commander, you can rest assured, I promise to complete the mission... It's not good, regiment commander, the little devil is here..."An exclamation sounded, and regiment commander Huang Zhengqing hurriedly raised the telescope in his hand. Sure enough, the little devil Changlong who was holding a torch, the vanguard had already entered the ambush circle that he had carefully arranged for them. And the whole long dragon, without any scruples, quickly drilled into his ambush circle, completely unaware that on both sides of them, there were countless black holes with muzzles, facing their figures..."Bang... "Just as hundreds of little devils, accompanied by a neat queue, their respective commanders, panting towards the port reinforcements, beside them, suddenly sounded a burst of gunfire like beans. Immediately after, countless tongues of fire suddenly emerged from both sides of the road, in the dark night... The bullets flew with a hint of red flame, like rain, and quickly shot at the little devil who was marching quickly on the highway..."Ah... Yaga, it's an enemy attack... Get down right away, get down quickly..."The first round of concentrated fire shooting by the fighters, although the bullets were very dense. However, the little devil guarding the city of Tianjin, after all, is the most elite field unit among the North China garrison army... These battle-hardened veterans can be said to react very quickly... After being hit intensively by dozens of light and heavy machine guns and nine anti-aircraft machine guns, less than 200 soldiers fell on the road. The rest of the soldiers quickly threw away the torches in their hands and quickly lay down in the grass on both sides of the road, ready to fight back....

"Machine gunner, shoot right away, be sure to suppress enemy fire ... Grenadiers, hurry up and fire grenades, destroy the enemy's heavy fire points ..."In the face of a sudden and dense blow, the troops lost more than a third. However, the commanders at all levels of the little devils did not show any change of confusion because of this. Instead, on the messy road, running back and forth, constantly facing the soldiers around him, giving the latest combat orders... Suddenly, the little devil who had been in chaos for less than half a minute immediately organized effective counterfire under the command of commanders at all levels. What's more, one by one, the grenadier soldiers with rich combat experience knocked out the four firepower points of the surrounding Eighth Route Army in just the first round of shooting....

"Yo Xi, the grenadiers continue to shoot, and we must take out all the heavy firepower points of the Eighth Route Army... Machine gunners, suppressing enemy riflemen,. Infantry, prepare for the charge, today, we will fight a counter-charge of the Eighth Route Army, and destroy all these Eighth Route Army that dare to ambush us......" saw the results of the first round of grenadier shooting. The captain of the Shaozuo brigade who led the team couldn't help but be excited for a while, and ordered with a confident face.

However, as soon as his words fell, the sound of a cannonball crossing the sky "Woo woo woo..." reached his ears through the sound of gunshots like popping beans... In an instant, he was still confident just now, and his face immediately turned pale: "Baga, it's a mortar, the shelling of the Eighth Route Army, hide quickly..."

Before the sentence was finished, the nine shells lined up in a row accurately smashed into the group of little devils, and a series of explosions occurred. As the nine orange-red fireballs rose on the road, dozens of unlucky little devils immediately fell in a pool of blood and turned into soft corpses..."Baga, how can the Eighth Route Army have mortars. How many troops of the Eighth Route Army are around us, Bageya Road, can anyone tell me? "Looking behind me after the explosion of a round of shells, there was a tragic scene. The captain clenched his fists and asked angrily in his eyes at an adjutant beside him.

"Hi, Captain, according to observations, around us there are at least two main battalions of troops of the Eighth Route Army. Moreover, these Eighth Route Corps were not only armed with a large number of heavy weapons, but also carried mortars with an artillery company....Captain, I suggest that we retreat at once. Otherwise, the two infantry squadrons of our army, under such a fierce blow from the Eighth Route Army, will hold out for half an hour at most, and the whole army will be annihilated..."Seeing the explosion of the second round of shells, which once again took the lives of dozens of imperial soldiers, the adjutant next to the captain hurriedly reminded him..."Nani, retreat? However, the Commander gave us the task of reinforcing the port. We haven't arrived at Kangkou yet, because we were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, and we retreated in a hurry....Even if we can withdraw safely, I don't think His Excellency the Commander will forgive us..."In response to the adjutant's suggestion, the captain slowly fell into deep thought and said....

"Captain, if nothing else, Your Excellency Commander, you must be on the city wall at this moment, and you have seen the situation that our army is facing... I think that even if we retreat, it will be to save the limited imperial army troops in Tianjin, and the commander will definitely not trigger us. In addition, now the road leading to the port has been completely cut off by the Eighth Route Army, and behind him, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army has not yet been found. If we can't retreat immediately, I believe that what awaits us will be the destruction of the whole army..."Looking at the increasingly bad situation around him, the adjutant continued to persuade bitterly... After listening to the adjutant's words, the captain did not answer immediately as he had just done, but slowly fell into deep thought. At the same time, a pair of eyes began to scan the surrounding situation... Sure enough, the surrounding enemy situation is as the adjutant said, on the way to the port, the Eighth Route Army has deployed a large number of troops and heavy firepower, and at this moment, there are only more than 200 people left, and they can't rush through it no matter what... And behind him, the road leading to Tianjin City, perhaps because the Eighth Route Army had not yet returned to its position, or because of their lack of troops. In a word, behind him, on the road leading to Tianjin City, there is not a single figure of the Eighth Route Army found for the time being..."Yo Xi, time does not wait for me, in order to preserve the vitality of the Imperial Army of the Great Imperial Army and strengthen the strength of the city defense force." Now I order the troops to retreat at once, with all the machine gunners taking cover and the riflemen on the handlebars for the retreat ... Quickly, the various troops will immediately retreat, and in the shortest possible time, return to Tianjin City...."In less than a minute, the captain's face showed a resolute look, and he commanded with a resolute face to the adjutant beside him.

"Hi, Your Excellency Captain... The machine gunners continued to shoot, and the riflemen immediately retreated, broke out of the ambush circle of the Eighth Route Army and withdrew to the county seat ... Hurry up, retreat immediately..."Hearing the captain's order to retreat, the adjutant couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Then, pulling his own throat, he commanded loudly to the already chaotic battlefield.

As the adjutant's order was quickly passed to the ears of every soldier. On this short stretch of road, except for a dozen machine gunners with a look of despair on their faces, they still continued to shoot. The remaining infantry, one after another, got up from the ground, bent over, and under the command of commanders at all levels, dodged the flying bullets while making a rapid retreat...

(To be continued)